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What do folks think about Justice Stevens' new view on the death penalty?

By Douglas A. Berman

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Though I am still working my way through all the opinions in the the nearly 100-page Baze lethal injection ruling from SCOTUS, I am not surprised to see that Justice Stevens' concurrence is garnering special attention.  For example, Linda Greenhouse has this new piece headlined "Justice Stevens Renounces Capital Punishment."  Here are excerpts: When Justice John Paul Stevens intervened in a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday to score a few points off the lawyer who was defending the death penalty for the rape of a child, the courtroom audience saw a master strategist at work, fully in command of the flow of the argument and the smallest details of the case.  For those accustomed to watching Justice Stevens, it was a familiar sight...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).

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